Measurement of atmospheric elemental carbon: Real-time data for Los Angeles during summer 1987
dc.contributor.author | Adams, K. M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Davis, Jr. , L. I. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Japar, Steven M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Finley, D. R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cary, R. A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-10T13:57:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-10T13:57:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Adams, K. M., Davis, Jr., L. I., Japar, S. M., Finley, D. R., Cary, R. A. (1990)."Measurement of atmospheric elemental carbon: Real-time data for Los Angeles during summer 1987." Atmospheric Environment. Part A. General Topics 24(3): 597-604. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28903> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B757D-48BCF67-3P/2/63ee4c5f4c949b961a02ab658857e6f8 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28903 | |
dc.description.abstract | Two fundamentally different techniques for measuring atmospheric elemental carbon (EC) aerosol were compared to validate the methods. One technique, photoacoustic spectroscopy, was used to measure the optical absorption ([lambda] = 514.5 nm) of in situ atmospheric aerosol in real time. This optical absorption can be converted to EC concentration using the appropriate value of the absorption cross-section for C, so that a comparison could be made with the second technique, thermal-optical analysis of filter-collected samples, which measures the collected EC by combustion. Solvent extraction of the filter samples prior to the thermal analysis procedure was required to minimize errors due to pyrolysis of organic carbon. Excellent 1:1 correlation of atmospheric EC concentrations resulted for measurements by the photoacoustic method vs the thermal method over coincident sampling times. The linear regression gave y = 1.006 (+/-0.056) x+0.27 (+/-0.56) with R = 0.945 (n = 41), where y is the photoacoustic EC concentration and x is the thermal elemental carbon concentration, both in [mu]g m-3. This data set was collected in Los Angeles as part of the Southern California Air Quality Study (SCAQS) during the summer 1987, and supplements the results of an earlier, more limited data set taken in Dearborn, MI. The diurnal variability of EC aerosol in Los Angeles during SCAQS, as determined by photoacoustic spectroscopy, is discussed. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Measurement of atmospheric elemental carbon: Real-time data for Los Angeles during summer 1987 | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Staff, Dearborn, MI 48121-2053, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Staff, Dearborn, MI 48121-2053, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Staff, Dearborn, MI 48121-2053, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Sunset Laboratory, 2017 19th Avenue, Forest Grove, OR 97116, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28903/1/0000740.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0960-1686(90)90014-E | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Atmospheric Environment. Part A. General Topics | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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